Infrastructure · Space-Based Power · In development
Surface Fission Power
Compact nuclear reactors to power a Moon or Mars base through the long lunar night and the dim Martian winter, when solar power is not enough. NASA's KRUSTY test demonstrated the underlying Kilopower reactor technology on the ground.
Space-Based PowerIn development
Highlights
- ›Power through the lunar night and Martian winter
Worlds, stations & materials
Knowledge connections
- Member of groupSpace-Based Power
- Associated withThe Moon
- Associated withMars
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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